Bit of history here – 100 years since the Japan – Russia Conflict. Interesting as much for the web of deals and agreements which littered […] Read More
Good news from last week is that Cory Doctorow has released a new book – ‘Eastern Standard Tribe‘. For those who have never heard of […] Read More
Yes, another report of snowboarding. We spent the last weekend at Minamikan Prince Hotel in Shiga Kogen, Nagano-ken. It’s a bit of a favourite resort […] Read More
Very belated update that I was snowboarding in Shiga Kogen last weekend, staying in the Villa Ichinose hotel in Ichinose village. For once, the roads […] Read More
One game I picked up for us this Xmas for the Playstation 2 was ‘Taiko no Tatsujin‘ (Taiko Drum Master), which is a simple game, […] Read More
After a break, I got back into doing the temple thing during ‘O-shogatsu’ (the Japanese New Year celebrations), and what better place to do it […] Read More
I’ll be disappearing for 3 days this weekend, to go snowboarding in Hakuba. Resort reports claim it’s drowning in powder which sounds great! Definitely looking […] Read More
Well, despite a low snow fall rate here in Japan so far this winter, I managed to get three days in at Niseko in Hokkaido […] Read More
Just a quick note that this month Brightblack celebrates it’s 7th birthday. Thanks to everyone who has checked out my site, linked to it, sent […] Read More
Just days before my first snow board trip next Monday, and it finally looks like the winter is here. The snow has been later than […] Read More